Schizophrenia Research
Volume 123, Issue 1 , Pages 68-70 , October 2010

Striatal volumes and dyskinetic movements in youth at high-risk for psychosis

  • Vijay A. Mittal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, United States. Tel.: +1 310 923 2882; fax: +1 303 492 2967.
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  • Melita Daley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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  • Marisa F. Shiode

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
    • ,
  • Carrie E. Bearden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
    • Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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  • Joseph O'Neill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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  • Tyrone D. Cannon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States

Received 28 June 2010 ,Revised 30 July 2010 ,Accepted 3 August 2010.

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PII: S0920-9964(10)01448-9

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.08.002

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 123, Issue 1 , Pages 68-70 , October 2010

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